Robert Riggs and his son Brent caught a state-record tiger trout while fishing Mannington Lake in West Virginia in late March. The fish weighed more than 12 pounds and replaced a record set in 2024.

The tiger trout was 31-inches long with a girth of 19 inches. It weighed in on an official scale at 14 pounds, 15 ounces—easily besting the previous Wyoming state record, a 12.77-pounder caught ...

Holder’s tiger trout had a 31.2-inch length, 19-inch girth, and weighed 14 pounds, 15.2 ounces. It was certified, and has become the new state record. Holder’s fish smashed the previous Wyoming tiger ...

Sheep Creek Reservoir – 1,000 tiger trout. Yep, another southeast Idaho fishery is receiving tiger trout! This 23-acre reservoir is located southeast of Montpelier off of Sheep Creek Reservoir Road.

The fish eclipsed the standing record for a tiger trout caught by Nathaniel Smith at New Creek Lake which was 11.98 pounds. Robert’s fish however came up short of the length record.

Another year, another tiger trout record in Wyoming. Shelby Holder of Kemmerer set the new record on June 6 with a 14-pound, 15.2-ounce fish caught in the Hams Fork River near Kemmerer. The fish ...

That day even included a wild-spawned tiger trout, a six-inch beauty with a rosette pattern I think looks more like a leopard than a tiger. Each species fights differently, and after a while, you can ...

Photo courtesy Robert Riggs WVDNR conservation officer Dustin Smith weighed and measured the fish at the office and confirmed it was a new state record weight tiger trout. Robert’s trout weighed 12.55 ...